All Progressive Congress, APC Governorship aspirant in Ogun state, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has pulled her weight behind the ruling party’s decision to chose its candidates for next year’s election through consensus arrangement.
Senator Obasanjo, a governorship aspirant in the state spoke on Thursday, on Channels Television, saying it’s the best way for the party to chose popular candidates who will represent it during next year’s election.
The former Commissioner of Health in the state spoke amid ongoing APC Congresses across the country, which has been mostly controversial because some aspirants have kicked against the arrangement, saying many aspirants will be blocked from testing their popularity .
APC spokesman, Feli Morka, while reacting to the furore generated over the consensus arrangement said, on Thursday that angry aspirants should seek internal resolution to the issue, adding that the party is prepared to listen to the complain by some aspirants that they have been shut out from contesting.
Reacting, Senator Obasanjo said the party made a wise decision to have agreed on consensus arrangement to pick its candidates fro next year’s election, noting that it enabled the party to chose the most popular candidates who can deliver victory for the party during election.
She said: “I do believe that consensus can bring the right candidates because consensus does not mean that leadership ignores the will of the people; consensus means that they look at what the people are saying. No party wants to lose, so the party will not choose people who open them for a loss; does that make sense?
“So, the consensus is going to come towards people that can actually win on the ground, if that makes sense, because at the end of the day, the party wants to win. So, they do not want to put the least popular person as the consensus candidate in a way that is going to aggravate the other participants and in a way that is going to discourage people that are popular from participating. So, I have full belief that consensus is the way to go.”
In Ogun state where Senator Obasanjo is one of the aspirants seeking the APC governorship ticket to contest the 2027 election, the leadership of the party is reported to have agreed on Senator Solomon Olamilekan aka Yayi, represnting Ogun West in the Nigerian Senate as its consensus candidate.
APC leaders in the south west were said to have chosen Senator Olamilekan, the current Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation during a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu earlier in the week, in his Ikoyi, Lagos residence.
The incumbent, Governor Dapo Abiodun is also believed to be supporting Yayi to succeed him.
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